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FTC Continues Assault on Sham Charities and Fundraisers That Participate in the Deception
By Richard B. Newman | | Advertising and Marketing, FTC, State AGs, Telemarketing
In 2018, the Federal Trade Commission announced “Operations Donate with Honor,” as law enforcers united to challenge deceptive fundraising. At the time, 54 Attorneys General from all 50 states, the District of Columbia, American Samoa, Guam, and Puerto Rico, and 16 additional state agencies that oversee charities joined forces to announce a coordinated effort to…
FTC Legal Regulatory Considerations for Ecommerce Investment Management Providers
By Richard B. Newman | | Advertising and Marketing, FTC, Internet Law, State AGs
The Federal Trade Commission and state attorneys general continue to aggressively investigate and prosecute those that advertise, market, distribute, promote and sell certain kinds of ecommerce management, business coaching, work-from-home and investment programs. In late 2022, the Federal Trade Commission announced that it was exploring changes to the Business Opportunity Rule in order to broadly expand on…
By Richard B. Newman | | Advertising and Marketing, FTC
On April 14, 2023, the U.S. Supreme Court afforded defendants the ability to directly challenge the structural constitutionality and existence of the Federal Trade Commission (and the Securities and Exchange Commission) in federal court without having to slog their way through pre-enforcement administrative proceedings that many believe deprive defendants of due process. Axon Enterprise, Inc.…
By Richard B. Newman | | Advertising and Marketing, Featured, FTC
As a result of the firm’s demonstrated subject matter expertise and track record of success in the fields of FTC advertising compliance, investigations and defense, Richard B. Newman has been selected to assume authorship of the Consumer Protection Section of the American Lawyer Media International Federal Trade Commission: Law, Practice and Procedure Treatise, a comprehensive…
FTC Takes Action Against Medical Clinic and its Owner for Alleged Unsubstantiated Claims its Treatment Could Cure Addiction and Disease
By Richard B. Newman | | Advertising and Marketing, FTC, Internet Law
The Federal Trade Commission recently announced that it has taken action under the Opioid Addiction Recovery Fraud Prevention Act (OARFPA), suing a physician and a set of companies she controls that operate as AWAREmed Health & Wellness Resource Center, a medical clinic, for allegedly making a wide range of false or unsupported claims for addiction…
Richard Newman Quoted by Law.com on the FTC’s First Law Enforcement Challenging “Review Hijacking”
By Richard B. Newman | | Advertising and Marketing, Featured, FTC, Internet Law
FTC advertising compliance and defense lawyer Richard B. Newman was recently quoted in an article for Law.com titled “FTC Bags First Settlement in Probe of ‘Review Hijacking’ in E-Commerce.” The article discusses the FTC’s first case alleging “review hijacking,” in which a marketer steals or repurposes reviews of another product. The case involves a marketer…
Table of Contents
- FTC Continues Assault on Sham Charities and Fundraisers That Participate in the Deception
- FTC Legal Regulatory Considerations for Ecommerce Investment Management Providers
- Recent U.S. Supreme Court Ruling Further Erodes Traditional FTC Enforcement Authority
- Richard B. Newman Selected to Author Consumer Protection Section of ALM FTC Law, Practice and Procedure Treatise
- FTC Takes Action Against Medical Clinic and its Owner for Alleged Unsubstantiated Claims its Treatment Could Cure Addiction and Disease
- Richard Newman Quoted by Law.com on the FTC’s First Law Enforcement Challenging “Review Hijacking”
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